"Indeed, it is this..."
When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, the Pangolin stopped in its tracks, partly because the path ahead was already sealed off, and the stairs were clean and tidy, rendering the Filth Concealment almost ineffective. There was also an invisible barrier preventing the Pangolin from entering.
'Spiritual Vision' absolutely could not be activated; turning it on would only turn the screen golden without any other effects. There were many visitors at the base of the mountain, and Ren Suo noticed that the Pangolin's 15 layers of armor were almost kicked away by the footsteps of the crowd.
The armor was actually similar to 'Clothing', a special form of Energy Gauze Clothing attached to the surface of the body, but the Pangolin was able to choose to 'Tough Out' and gain 15 layers of armor during its first evolution. This shows that while the armor seemed impressive, it was merely on the level of the Pangolin—
Humans could shatter a layer with a single step.